_AND AFTER THIS IT CAME TO PASS, THAT DAVID SMOTE THE PHILISTINES, AND SUBDUED THEM: AND DAVID TOOK METHEG'AMMAH OUT OF THE HAND OF THE PHILISTINES._ David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines х_ WAYIQACH_ (H3947) _ DAAWID_ (H1732) _ 'ET _ (H854) _ METEG-HAA-'AMAAH_ (H4965)] - and Da... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SMOTE MOAB, AND MEASURED THEM WITH A LINE, CASTING THEM DOWN TO THE GROUND; EVEN WITH TWO LINES MEASURED HE TO PUT TO DEATH, AND WITH ONE FULL LINE TO KEEP ALIVE. AND SO THE MOABITES BECAME DAVID'S SERVANTS, AND BROUGHT GIFTS._ He smote Moab, and measured them with a line. This refers to a... [ Continue Reading ]
_DAVID SMOTE ALSO HADADEZER, THE SON OF REHOB, KING OF ZOBAH, AS HE WENT TO RECOVER HIS BORDER AT THE RIVER EUPHRATES._ Zobah - (cf. 1 Chronicles 18:3.) This kingdom was bounded on the east by the Euphrates, and it extended westward from that river, perhaps as far north as Aleppo. Its exact situati... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID TOOK FROM HIM A THOUSAND CHARIOTS, AND SEVEN HUNDRED HORSEMEN, AND TWENTY THOUSAND FOOTMEN: AND DAVID HOUGHED ALL THE CHARIOT HORSES, BUT RESERVED OF THEM FOR AN HUNDRED CHARIOTS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN TOI KING OF HAMATH HEARD THAT DAVID HAD SMITTEN ALL THE HOST OF HADADEZER,_ Toi king of Hamath - Coele-Syria. Northwards it extended to the city Hamath, on the Orontes, which was the capital of the country. The Syrian prince, being delivered from the dread of a dangerous neighbour, sent his s... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN TOI SENT JORAM HIS SON UNTO KING DAVID, TO SALUTE HIM, AND TO BLESS HIM, BECAUSE HE HAD FOUGHT AGAINST HADADEZER, AND SMITTEN HIM: FOR HADADEZER HAD WARS WITH TOI. AND JORAM BROUGHT WITH HIM VESSELS OF SILVER, AND VESSELS OF GOLD, AND VESSELS OF BRASS:_ Joram - or Hadoram (1 Chronicles 18:10)... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHICH ALSO KING DAVID DID DEDICATE UNTO THE LORD, WITH THE SILVER AND GOLD THAT HE HAD DEDICATED OF ALL NATIONS WHICH HE SUBDUED;_ Which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. Eastern princes have always been accustomed to hoard up vast quantities of gold (see Layard, 'Nineveh and its Remains... [ Continue Reading ]
_OF SYRIA, AND OF MOAB, AND OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND OF THE PHILISTINES, AND OF AMALEK, AND OF THE SPOIL OF HADADEZER, SON OF REHOB, KING OF ZOBAH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID GAT HIM A NAME WHEN HE RETURNED FROM SMITING OF THE SYRIANS IN THE VALLEY OF SALT, BEING EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MEN._ Returned from smiting of the Syrians, х_ 'ET_ (H854) _ 'ARAAM_ (H758). Instead of Syrians, the Septuagint version has Edomites, the Septuagint having read _ 'EDOWM_ (H123) (1... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE PUT GARRISONS IN EDOM; THROUGHOUT ALL EDOM PUT HE GARRISONS, AND ALL THEY OF EDOM BECAME DAVID'S SERVANTS. AND THE LORD PRESERVED DAVID WHITHERSOEVER HE WENT._ He put garrisons in Edom - with a view to secure his acquisition of so important a dependency. It was, however, after the commencem... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID REIGNED OVER ALL ISRAEL; AND DAVID EXECUTED JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE UNTO ALL HIS PEOPLE._ David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. Though involved in foreign wars, he maintained an excellent system of government at home, the most eminent men of the age composing his cabinet... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB THE SON OF ZERUIAH WAS OVER THE HOST; AND JEHOSHAPHAT THE SON OF AHILUD WAS RECORDER;_ Joab ... was over the host - by virtue of a special promise (2 Samuel 5:8). RECORDER - historiographer or daily annalist, whose duty it was to register current events of interest and importance in the k... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ZADOK THE SON OF AHITUB, AND AHIMELECH THE SON OF ABIATHAR, WERE THE PRIESTS; AND SERAIAH WAS THE SCRIBE;_ Zadok ... and ... Ahimelech the son of Aniathar were the priests. There is a confusion in the text here (cf. 1 Chronicles 18:16; 1 Chronicles 24:3; 1 Chronicles 24:6; 1 Chronicles 24:31).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BENAIAH THE SON OF JEHOIADA WAS OVER BOTH THE CHERETHITES AND THE PELETHITES; AND DAVID'S SONS WERE CHIEF RULERS._ Cherethites - i:e., Philistines (Zephaniah 2:5). PELETHITES - from Pelet (1 Chronicles 12:3). They were the valiant men who, having accompanied David during his exile among the... [ Continue Reading ]